Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 30 minutes agoTIL: before 1993, there were only two colors of visible light LEDs. The invention of the blue LED changed everything.plus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL: before 1993, there were only two colors of visible light LEDs. The invention of the blue LED changed everything.plus-squareyoutu.beLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 30 minutes agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 hour agoTIL Billy Idol was first choice for the role of T-1000 in Terminator 2, but a motorcycle accident in 1990 prevented it. During his time in hospital he also swore never to wear the Confederate flag...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL Billy Idol was first choice for the role of T-1000 in Terminator 2, but a motorcycle accident in 1990 prevented it. During his time in hospital he also swore never to wear the Confederate flag...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agoTIL that the world’s first entirely 3D-printed neighborhood is currently being built in Mexico, providing affordable housing solutions for families living on $3 a day.plus-squarewww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the world’s first entirely 3D-printed neighborhood is currently being built in Mexico, providing affordable housing solutions for families living on $3 a day.plus-squarewww.cnn.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL that Gwenyth Paltrow once endorsed the practice of steam cleaning your vagina where “you sit on what is essentially a mini throne, and a combination of infrared and mugwort steam cleanses your...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Gwenyth Paltrow once endorsed the practice of steam cleaning your vagina where “you sit on what is essentially a mini throne, and a combination of infrared and mugwort steam cleanses your...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 hours agoTIL of Giordano Bruno, a 16th century Italian philosopher whose extension of Copernicus’ ideas proposed that the stars were suns with their own planets that might support lifeforms. He was execute...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Giordano Bruno, a 16th century Italian philosopher whose extension of Copernicus’ ideas proposed that the stars were suns with their own planets that might support lifeforms. He was execute...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 hours agoTIL that a 5,000-year-old pub was discovered in Iraq, complete with an ancient fridge and oven.plus-squarewww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a 5,000-year-old pub was discovered in Iraq, complete with an ancient fridge and oven.plus-squarewww.cnn.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agoTIL FBI added Oppenheimer to its Custodial Detention Index, for arrest in case of national emergency after they found that Oppenheimer was on the executive committee of the American Civil Libertie...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkTIL FBI added Oppenheimer to its Custodial Detention Index, for arrest in case of national emergency after they found that Oppenheimer was on the executive committee of the American Civil Libertie...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agoTIL that the Prussian language, which has been extinct since the 17th century, is slowly being revived, and for the first time, children are growing up with it as their first language.plus-squarejournals.ispan.edu.plexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Prussian language, which has been extinct since the 17th century, is slowly being revived, and for the first time, children are growing up with it as their first language.plus-squarejournals.ispan.edu.plLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agoTIL that scientists have successfully revived microscopic animals called bdelloid rotifers that were frozen in Siberian permafrost for 24,000 years.plus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that scientists have successfully revived microscopic animals called bdelloid rotifers that were frozen in Siberian permafrost for 24,000 years.plus-squarewww.bbc.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL that Disney didn’t actually credit their voice actors until 1941’s “The Reluctant Dragon”, the voice actors in “Snow White” and “Pinocchio” went entirely uncreditedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Disney didn’t actually credit their voice actors until 1941’s “The Reluctant Dragon”, the voice actors in “Snow White” and “Pinocchio” went entirely uncreditedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL: The University of Pennsylvania uncovered illustrations with instructions from the 1500s on the use of cats and doves to burn down castles. You strap a sack to the cat, ignite it, and send it ...plus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The University of Pennsylvania uncovered illustrations with instructions from the 1500s on the use of cats and doves to burn down castles. You strap a sack to the cat, ignite it, and send it ...plus-squareabcnews.go.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agoTIL in the U.S., women didn’t have the right to open their own bank account until 1974plus-squarewww.congress.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL in the U.S., women didn’t have the right to open their own bank account until 1974plus-squarewww.congress.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agoTIL Burt Reynolds turned down the movie terms of endearment for Stroker Ace which was a critically failure. Jack Nicholson won an Oscar for the role Reynolds turned downplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL Burt Reynolds turned down the movie terms of endearment for Stroker Ace which was a critically failure. Jack Nicholson won an Oscar for the role Reynolds turned downplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 hours agoTIL in 1967 at the outbreak of the Six Day War the Suez Canal was shut down stranding fifteen ships, anchored together the crews formed a yachting club, held lifeboat races, and produced their own...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1967 at the outbreak of the Six Day War the Suez Canal was shut down stranding fifteen ships, anchored together the crews formed a yachting club, held lifeboat races, and produced their own...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 hours agoTIL Aristotle wrote the heart has only three chambers, and that tiny organisms can be generated spontaneously out of inanimate matter. It is now known that the left atrium is very difficult to obs...plus-squarendpr.nd.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Aristotle wrote the heart has only three chambers, and that tiny organisms can be generated spontaneously out of inanimate matter. It is now known that the left atrium is very difficult to obs...plus-squarendpr.nd.eduLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL that in 1963, a cow named Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane and be milked mid-flight. Her milk was parachuted down to spectators at the International Air Exposition in ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1963, a cow named Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane and be milked mid-flight. Her milk was parachuted down to spectators at the International Air Exposition in ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 10 hours agoTIL Portugal has the world's highest rate of divorce, with nearly 19 in 20 marriages ending in divorce.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL Portugal has the world's highest rate of divorce, with nearly 19 in 20 marriages ending in divorce.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL that Walking is more effective than Metformin in Type 2 Diabetics heart healthplus-squarewww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Walking is more effective than Metformin in Type 2 Diabetics heart healthplus-squarewww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 hours agoTIL that there was a real-life Lord of the Flies-esque situation where school boys were stuck on a deserted island for 15 months but the boys banded together rather than feuding.plus-squarewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there was a real-life Lord of the Flies-esque situation where school boys were stuck on a deserted island for 15 months but the boys banded together rather than feuding.plus-squarewww.cbsnews.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 21 hours agoTIL the number of chicken restaurants in Korea is double the number of McDonald's franchises across the worldplus-squarewww.americanpurpose.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL the number of chicken restaurants in Korea is double the number of McDonald's franchises across the worldplus-squarewww.americanpurpose.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
